{"id":121,"date":"2009-04-20T00:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-03-19T01:06:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T01:06:38","slug":"shunt-club-london-bridge-absolutely-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/shunt-club-london-bridge-absolutely-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Shunt Club, London Bridge. Absolutely amazing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-01.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember the last time I was blown away by a club, but Shunt was one of the best clubs I&#8217;ve been to for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>We went down to watch the Actionettes play and I thought I was in for another run-of-the-mill tarted up under-the-arches kind of club, but how wrong I was.<\/p>\n<p>The night started ominously with the security staff insisting on scanning in my ID &#8211; but inside the security was very, very light.<\/p>\n<p>First off, the space is absolutely MASSIVE. And I mean huge! There&#8217;s tons of space and it takes ages just to work out where everything was.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There was a mini rolling skate rink with people running around like nutters. The Actionettes danced on two stages simultaneously &#8211; one of them 20 foot in the air. It was really exciting &#8211; it felt like the sort of underground parties that Jagger might have gone to in the 60s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-03.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The all-girl Monks tribute band The Nuns played on another stage. There was a cinema playing Nancy Sinatra.<\/p>\n<p>There was snooker and table football. The crowd was mixed. The music was fantastic &#8211; 50s, 60s and a smattering of dance &#8211; and the DJs looked sharp as fuck.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-04.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was one of the best nights I&#8217;ve had out on ages. It&#8217;s such a shame that the club&#8217;s closing soon (it&#8217;s going to be replaced by &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; shops) but if you do get a chance to go &#8211; don&#8217;t miss out!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-05.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/shunt-club-london-bridge-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember the last time I was blown away by a club, but Shunt was one of the best clubs I&#8217;ve been to for a very long time. 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